Letters | Road crews, treasurer's office, Creationism

Drivers mover slowly as Louisville road crews work to clear roads by spreading salt on US 42.

Frightful weather

"Oh, the weather outside is frightful!" But thanks to all the hard-working Metro road crews, driving is not so much. They have done a wonderful job in keeping the streets open and drivable. They work long hours and drive on roads when the snow and ice is at their worst and would make most of us shiver and cringe.

So far this has been a terrible winter, with more to come. So when you are on a road that is clear of ice and snow give a thought to those who have made it that way.

FORREST WRIGHT

Louisville 40242

Treasurer's office

I would like Sen. Chris McDaniel to explain how moving a group of people from one agency to another will save $600,000. It seems to me to cut costs you have to cut employees, not move them around like chess pieces. I wonder where he got his economic education, but nothing state officials tell the public surprises me.

BILL STRACK

Louisville 40241

Creationism debate

The debate over creationism vs. evolution brings up another controversial issue, and that is Common Core. Columnist George Will, state Sen. Ernie Harris, R-Crestwood, and their ilk would have you believe that this is an attempt of big government to control the local education systems. Not surprisingly, we didn't hear a single objection several years ago when the Common Core standards for Math and Language Arts were finalized.

But, when the newer science standards mandate that students look at all interactions that affect climate or the evidence of evolution, a government conspiracy plot is devised and promoted by Will, Harris, et al to obfuscate the influence of big money and radical religion. There was another time in history when science was disparaged by religious zealots.

Galileo was branded a heretic for using his telescope to prove Copernicus' observations that the universe did not rotate around the Earth. After years of forced belief in biblical interpretation, the observed facts of a heliocentric universe were finally taught as scientific reality. How many years are we going to deny scientific observation this time? Why are we holding education hostage to the will of a radical few? Hopefully the House and the Senate will back Gov. Steve Beshear and adopt the Common Core standards the have been established by the educators in many states.

BOB MARTINKO

La Grange, Ky. 40031

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Letters | Road crews, treasurer's office, Creationism

'Oh, the weather outside is frightful!' But thanks to all the hard-working Metro road crews, driving is not so much. They have done a wonderful job in keeping the streets open and drivable.